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SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT 2019 1

Violence Prevention, Security, Public Schools Emergency Management, Westfield Public Schools Essex County Donald M. Payne, Sr. School of Technology Fire Safety, Regulatory Compliance Essex County Vocational Technical Schools – West Caldwell Campus Essex County Vocational Technical Schools – Newark Tech Campus Independent Schools Healthcare Facilities & Affiliates Affiliations / Memberships East Hanover Township Public Schools Archdiocese of Newark Schools Atlantic Health System Morris County Active Shooter Task Force East Windsor Regional School District Christian Brothers Academy/Lincroft Bergen New Bridge Medical Center NJ Homeland Security Active Shooter Task Force Metuchen School District Moorestown Friends School Holland Christian Nursing Home Association of Threat Assessment Professionals Guttenberg School District Daytop New Jersey School and Treatment Facility American Surgisite NJ Hospital Association Emergency Preparedness Task Morris School District Eastern Christian Schools Central New York Eye Center/Poughkeepsie Force Lake Lehman Public School District (Pa.) Trinity Hall School Albany Regional Eye Surgery Center Business Executives for National Security Operating Wayne Public Schools Greens Farms Academy (Ct.) Morristown Medical Center Council Rye City School District (NY) Immaculate Conception School Overlook Medical Center New Jersey Business Force Security Council Montclair Public Schools Mastro Montessori Academy Overlook Medical Center/Union Campus Essex County Chiefs of Police Association Glen Ridge Public Schools Doane Academy Chilton Medical Center Union County Crime Stoppers Ridgefield Schools Hill Farm Pre-School (Ct.) Newton Medical Center Morris County Crime Stoppers West Milford Public Schools Rye Country Day School (NY) Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute UASI- Urban Area Security Initiative Hospital Cranford Public Schools Union County Educational Services Commission St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center -Paterson Committee North Hunterdon-Voorhees High School District Westfield Friends School CentraState Medical Center NJ Hospital Association Emergency Preparedness Ramapo-Indian Hills Regional High School District Pennington School St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital Advisory Committee Rutherford School District Kent Place School East Orange General Hospital NJ Healthcare Coalition Executive Steering Franklin Lakes School District Immaculata High School Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital- Committee Millburn School District Union County Vocational Technical Schools Hamilton Northwest NJ Healthcare Emergency Preparedness West Orange School District Bergen Center for Child Development Somerset Medical Center Coalition Calvary Christian School - Old Bridge Hunterdon Medical Center Montclair Civil Rights Commission Colleges/Universities Union Congregational Nursery John F. Kennedy Medical Center Medical Coordination Center: Northwest Regional Rutgers University Montclair Kimberley Academy Columbus Hospital Center Kean University Saddle River Day School Morris Plains IT Operations Center Association of Threat Assessment Professionals Middlesex County Community College Mountainside Hospital/Merit Healthcare System NJ Association of Independent Schools Union County College Manufacturing Hudson Co. Comm. College Polycel Structural Foam Financial Institutions Advantage Career Institute Chemetall/BASF Valley National Bank Allergan Pharmaceuticals Bank Of New Jersey Houses of Worship Elelmentis Millington Baptist Church Insurance Companies Libraries Calvary Chapel/Christian School - Old Bridge New Jersey School Insurance Group Westfield Memorial Library Union Congregational Church and Nursery Humana/NYC Montclair Public Library Our Savior’s Lutheran Church/Hill Farm Pre -School Westfield Friends School/Chapel Security Contractors Real Estate Development CRG/The Rodgers Group Atlantic Reality Development Government Agencies ESS Security Secaucus Xchange Apartment Complex Union County Prosecutor's Office Gateway Security 21st Avenue Commerce Center – Myrtle Beach Morris County Sheriff’s Office Harmon Cover Towers Warren County Dept. of Human Services 2

BEST PRACTICE INITIATIVES ✓ The Superintendent, District Leadership, all Principals, school staff and Security Officers demonstrated knowledge and commitment to the safety of students, teachers and schools. ✓ WO Police, WO Schools, Chief Abbott and Acting Superintendent Eveny de Mendez have an excellent relationship, including an outstanding SRO program ✓ Students reported a climate where they would report a student in distress ✓ Building Maintenance, especially of the older buildings, is excellent. ✓ Forced-entry-resistant glazing has been installed on Main Entry Doors. ✓ Collaborative Response Graphics (CRG) are part of the WOPD emergency response procedures ✓ All schools are equipped CCTV cameras. Camera views were excellent and are actively monitored ✓ The High School utilizes a door alarm system to monitor perimeter doors ✓ Unused lockers are secured at the High School and Middle Schools. ✓ A Visitor Management System is in use at the High School ✓ Lockdown straps have been installed on some assembly area doors. ✓ Tape has been used at Liberty to designate ‘Hard Corners” in classrooms ✓ Doors (interior and exterior) are clearly marked to enhance emergency response. ✓ All schools have red emergency phones that are independent of the voice over IP system ✓ Per the Director of Technology, the district is currently implementing Gaggle software which uses a proprietary Anti-Pornography-Scanner (APS) ✓ Schools close for Election Day ✓ Mt. Pleasant School , Kelly School Missing Child Plans are excellent ✓ “Not an Exit” signage posted on all doors that do not provide emergency egress ✓ Updated Risk Assessments were completed in 2019 3

ALL HAZARDS ‘PREVENTION /EARLIEST WARNING’: The earliest opportunity to prevent and/or detect a harmful event: ✓ Target Hardening ✓ Technology ✓ Staff Training: Awareness to detect precursors and report dangerous conditions at the earliest opportunity ✓ Emergency Plans and Procedures ‘EARLIEST ALERT’: The earliest, most efficient, effective redundant methods to alert staff and students of an approaching dangerous condition and the recommended actions to take. ✓ Communication technology, training and procedures ‘EARLIEST NOTIFICATION’: The earliest, most efficient, effective and redundant methods to notify Emergency Responders and direct them to the exact location where they are needed ✓ Technology, plans, training and procedures 4

CLASSROOM LOCKS Classroom doors have easy to use Corridor Style Locks allowing teachers or students to quickly lock classroom doors without the need for a key. ✓ BEST PRACTICE: WOHS Pre-K maintains doors closed and locked at all times. ✓ BEST PRACTICE: Shades have been installed on classroom and assembly area window panes. ✓ BEST PRACTICE: Straps have been installed on assembly room doors. SHADE/ STRAP ✓ BEST PRACTICE: Liberty use of tape to depict ‘Hard Corners’ RECOMMENDATION Classroom doors should be maintained in a locked and closed position during the school day to facilitate locking classroom doors in a crisis. Per the National School Shield Task Force Report: “ Ensure classroom doors are locked during class time, this policy facilitates rapid lockdowns.” LIBERTY ‘HARD CORNERS’ 5

Lockdown Assembly Areas: Cafeteria, Gym, APR, Auditorium, Main Office “Wireless and Remote Lockdown Option“, “Electric Dogging” and “Magnetic Release Systems” More effective, efficient and expensive options should be considered as funds become available. The remote Lockdown button or fob allows for assembly area doors to be closed and / or locked remotely. Per the Homeland Security School Safety Survey 2018: “Explore the option of implementing an automatic door -locking system that would allow the school to lock doors remotely.”

SECURITY ACCESS: MAIN ENTRANCE PHASE 1: Immediate initiative: can be implemented very quickly at a reduced cost Due to the additional cost of the technology and time needed to create a vestibule at every school and Board Office, similar protections can be afforded immediately with proper camera views, intercoms, door releases, duress alarms, training of staff and window glazing (installed) on main exterior doors. This technology currently exists on inner doors and maglocks have been installed on exterior doors. PHASE 2: SECURITY VESTIBULE Wiring has already been installed allowing for a magnetic lock on the exterior doors at all schools. The wiring should be configured to allow the exterior doors to remain locked at all times and released from the office vetting visitors. The doors must always allow egress. Card access should be added to the exterior door. Add card access, CCTV, intercom and door release to exterior door to create a vestibule. A Visitor Management System and Parent Drop Box can be placed inside the vestibule. 7